Law enforcement officials from Geauga County participated in an operation that was able to identify two individuals from the Chicago area involved in a scam to defraud an elderly woman.
According to a news release just posted on the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, on May 13 investigators from the Sheriff’s Department, Chester Township Police Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and Task Force Officers from the FBI conducted an operation that identified two individuals who are involved in a scheme to defraud elderly persons of their finances.
The investigators were informed that the victim had already lost a significant amount of money, and was being led to believe the perpetrator was aiding in her investments…